trayvon martin. does he have any regrets? plus we ask about the string of run-ins since the trial and his nasty divorce. >> your "new day" starts right now. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> good morning. it's monday, february 17th, 6:00 in the east. breaking news, an ethiopian airline yet hijacked but by its own pilot. >> this plane was bound for rome. this happened early this morning. we do know according to swiss police that the man who is accused of hijacking this plane was actually the co-pilot of the plane. we know that he was in his 30s and according to swiss police, here's what they say.

they say the reason behind this hijacking is that this man told police that he is from ethiopia, he was unhappy with the situation there in ethiopia, and he wanted to get asylum there in geneva. and he had a conversation as they were making that approach to land at geneva international airport with air traffic control essentially asking could they guarantee he could get asylum if he did land the plane there and during that time, he never did get an answer. what you're looking at is the image as the plan circled around geneva international airport as this man was negotiating with the air traffic controllers to find out whether he would get asylum. at this time, 202 people were on board. everyone when they landed, we are told they were safe and not

harmed. >> lots more to learn about this. let's move to the fall-out from the loud music murder trial. prosecutors are promising to retr retry dunn. we go live to jacksonville florida this morning. you've been following this trial from the very beginning. quite an ending to this. what's the reaction? >> okay. both sides are now planning their next move after 30 hours of deliberations ended with a partial verdict. >> mr. dunn, your having been convicted of counts two, three and four by a jury -- >> reporter: michael dunn giuily of three counts of attempted murder, a guilty charge for each

of his friends with him that night. but on the charge related to the 17-year-old's death, the jury could not agree. >> based on the jury's inability to reach a verdict on count one, i'll call a mistrial on that count. >> you could hear the gunfire the night of the shooting, and it may provide sight. >> as he shot while they tried to get away, maybe they thought that was the attempted. >> reporter: and they may have thought he wasn't guilty on the

first degree. >> we want al or nothing. >> reporter: dunn could still face another trial on the murder charge. davis' mother says they'll continue to fight. >> we will continue to stand and we will continue to wait for justice for jordan. >> reporter: angela cory says she intends to retry dunn on that first degree murder charge. dunn's defense team says he will likely file an appeal. >> thank you for the reporting. big decision. what to retry and how. joining us, hln legal analyst, joey jackson. >> good morning. >> how do you explain the

convictions on the other kids but not for davis? >> the jury had a decision to make here and obviously didn't make a decision on the first degree. the issue becomes why not. if you look at the actual case itself, they certainly could have, that is the jury, have concluded that justification could have been probable as to jordan davis. however, you remember there were three volleys of shots here. there was the initial shooting of jordan davis and they couldn't come to terms with that. we don't know whether the breakdown was 11-1, 12-6. with the addition volley of shots, we can conclude the jury said he exceeded the justification. as to the other teens, attempted

murder. >> what about the question that the prosecutor was pushing for kind of overcharging here. i know there were the lesser included. but we heard john guy say we don't want the lesser included offenses. how do you think that plays into the potential retrial? >> the jury had a decision to make. first degree we know that means premeditation. the argument was made that you get the premeditation that you get the premeditation of taking the safety off the weapon, the aiming, the shooting. the jury could have concluded we don't have premeditation. from that we could discern -- remember, kate one of the questions was if we conclude self-defense as to one, right,

does that mean he's justified as to all? and the judge was very clear saying no, no, no -- >> somebody believed the kid had a gun. >> so someone believed michael dunn's story. >> the question is would they have thought that if there were four white kids in the car in a there was a possibility they had a gun they never found. do you retry on first or if you're angela cory, do you play it safe? >> the first thing i do is i meet with the family and mr. and mrs. jordan davis and i say what is your pleasure? it's not so much they control what goes on but their feelings are paramount here. if you look at the dignity and grace with which they comported themselves. having said that, we know what

the minimum mandatories are and that's 40 years. i think that whether you retry him or not, do you need to? speak to the family. >> a message may need to be sent in that community about what's tolerated and what isn't. >> absolutely. >> and as you all know, the issues go behind the trial. we have to and will take a look at the self-defense laws. and we speak to george zimmerman. he's never spoken about that night. can he answer the big questions about what happened and the issues about that case. >> another big issue this week, it's the weather. it's the winter with no end in sight, yet more snow, more travel delays and more headaches

for millions from minnesota to maine. what is the forecast looking like this week? >> it's been a tough one. new york city the eighth snowiest since we've been keeping records. philadelphia and indianapolis now the third snowiest. the last thing anyone wants is more snow on the way. >> millions brace for another snowy blast headed towards new england. blizzard conditions in massachusetts caused winds up at that 50 miles an hour in cape cod. it's the endless bombardment of snow, sleet and ice seems unusual, it is. for many it's one of the snowiest winters on record, with snow on the ground in 49 states

this weekend. post-recession city budgets are taking a hit after dealing with widespread water main breaks and doubling road crew shifts. >> the amount of snow on the ground, the potholes are coming more and more. cities are spending a lot of money to clean them up. >> watch as this snow plow crashes into a restaurant, injuring several people. >> and a good 4 to 6 inches by the time it makes its way into pittsburgh, another 1 to 3 inches in boston. final finally, a shift in the jet

stream, which means the temperatures are up, which means the potential for some flooding. but the temperatures are up. >> let's take a look at your headlines. venezuela's president is vowing to expel three u.s. officials, accusing them of conspiring against his government. violent clashes have left three protesters dead. the u.s. has denied trying to undermine his government. >> a shocking confession. 19-year-old miranda barber admitted she and her 22-year-old husband murdered a man they met on craigslist. now in a stunning jailhouse interview, barbara says he wasn't her first, claiming she has killed nearly two dozen people all over the country. she said she stopped counting at 22 victim.

she claims she joined a satanic cult at age 18. police are investigating the claims. >> two have been found dead following an avalanche in the mountains of colorado. rescues braved the conditions. >> jamie coots died saturday from a poisonous snake bite. authorities say he was bitten during a service, that he refused medical treatment and died that night in his home. >> when it comes to the best

first ladies of all time, michelle obama has cracked the top five ahead of hillary clinton. eleanor roosevelt finished number one. our current first lady was fifth, hillary clinton sixth. they were valued for their integrity, value to the country and competence. >> interesting. >> we have a spoiler alert from sochi but it's not the results to tell you about, it the weather. take a look at the foggy conditions affecting outdoor competitions. several events postponed until tomorrow because of what you're looking at haze. so now all eyes are focused on the americans going for gold. let's get you live with rachel. >> chris, the biathlon is one of

those events, where they shoot a rifle and cross country ski. i am not an expert but you do o not want to shoot at something can you not see. >> reporter: things got so bad, team usa snowboarder posted this tweet "they are literally running fans on the snow guns to try and blow away the fog. spoiler alert, it's not working. ski racing gets a lot tougher as you get older. no one over 34 had ever medaled in alpine skiing before but bode miller did and he did it

thinking of his brother who died. >> thinking of my brother is really hard. just a will the of emotions attached to this. he wanted to come to these games. i thought he would have a chance of making it and for him to pass away the way that he did, i felt like that was all very connected and very raw and emotional for me. >> in figure skating, american ice dancers meryl davis and charlie white dazzled in the short program. and in hockey, team usa beat slovenia 5-1. and phil kessel had the first hat trick in a decade. and his sister, amanda, leads the u.s. women's hockey team against sweden this morning. >> it was very sweet. amanda kessel this morning

online posted this picture of her at 8 or 9 years old saying "from this to the olympic finals." >> that's pretty perfect. i really don't like the fact that the weather is such an issue with these games. but the latest standings in the medal count this morning. after a strong weekend, the netherlands is on top with 17 medals, followed by host country russia, the u.s., norway and canada. >> we're here with our mittens. >> coming up on "new day," the michael dunn verdict has brought self-defense laws back into the spotlight. we caught up with the man who is the face of the issue, george zimmerman. we caught up with the man at the center of the case.

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welcome back. the michael dunn verdict has brought issues of self-defense and stand your ground into focus. the man who has been at the center of the issue is george zimmerman. we asked him about the night he killed 17-year-old trayvon martin and the self-defense law he's seen as a champion of. does he take responsibility for that night? judge for yourself. >> do you regret that you killed trayvon martin? it's a simple question but one george zimmerman can't seem to answer. >> unfortunately the department of justice is conducting a civil rights investigation so those are the types of questions that

because of the investigation i have to tread lightly and i can't answer them. >> we checked and the department of justice is investigating civil rights violations but says charges aren't expected. his reluctance seems to be about more than legalities. >> do you regret that night, do you have regrets? >> certainly i think about that night and my life would be tremendously easier if i had stayed home. >> if you could have you would have stayed home that night? >> certainly. >> you say my life would have been so much easier. when you say i wish i had stayed home that night, are you thinking about you and trayvon martin? >> certainly i think about them -- him, i think about my family, all families put in any type of dangerous situation. yes, i think about everybody involved.

>>but safe to say if you could change how that night came out, you would both be alive today? >> if you could go back, you said you would have stayed home, so both of you would have stayed home? >> it's a presumption i can't make. i couldn't have gotten into a car accident -- >> you wouldn't have ended up killing trayvon martin that night? >> he could have ended up attacking me. >> his family, coming out of the situation, they haven't heard you say i feel for his family. >> i appreciate the opportunity i would hope that they had seen at the bond hearing i did address that. >> it's different in court. >> a misconception is i never apologized or reached out to the

family. would i like to? certainly? >> what would you say? >> you know, i would say exactly what i said on the stand, that i'm sorry for their loss and i. >> just exactly what i said on the stand most likely. >> thoughts about the victim, trayvon martin. the victim was trayvon martin, you know that. >> no, i certainly was a victim when i was having my head bashed into the concrete and my nose broken and beaten. i wouldn't say i was not a victim. >> of this zimmerman is sure despite the public outcry calling him a racist and the strong case by the prosecution calling him a murderer. >> what do you want to say to those saying you went out as a

vigilan vigilante, looking for a fight? >> i don't say to them. >> how did it make you feel as they saw you somehow symbolically as representing them? >> equally as disgusted as was about people saying negative things about my family. >> and looking at your reactions and why, does it make you doubt yourself? >> no. >> why not? >> faith. >> in yourself or god? >> no, god. i know that ultimately he's the only judge i have to answer to. i know what happened, he knows what happened. so i leave it up to him.

>> do people say, george, you have to go. >> i'll leave my home when i want to leave my home. i'll move when i want to. i know that sounds stubborn. >> the wounted haunted often comes up in this these situations. do you find yourself haunted by that night? >> no. >> because? >> i don't know. >> perhaps more surprising, zimmerman thought his life would stay the same. >> the feeling was that people will accept this, i'm going to go through the trial, it is what it is, the outcome will be accepted and i'll move on. >> i was hoping for that, yes. >> when did you realize you're not going to get what you hoped for? >> i think it was the first speeding ticket, when it made international news was shocking to me. >> speeding tickets would be the least of it, domestic disputes,

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welcome back to "new day." it's half past the hour. breaking overnight, an ethiopian airlines flight landed safely in switzerland after it was hijacked by the plane's co-pilot. that plane was headed to rome after the pilot, who was seeking asylum, managed to commandeer

the plan after the pilot went to the rest room. none of the passengers on board were injured. >> prosecutors want to retry michael dunn after getting a partial verdict in his so-called loud music trial. the jury was hung on first degree murder charges but found dunn guilty of three counts of attempted second degree murder and face s a minimum 60 years behind bars. >> authorities are searching through the wreckage of a small passenger plane west of nepal calling all 16 on board, including an infant. officials believe bad weather was involved. >> secretary of state john kerry is slamming climate change deniers and what he calls their shoddy science and flat earth thinking. he made those comments to

students in indonesia and said it's the greatest challenge in our nation and called on all nations to act. >> a standing ovation for michael sam, a now openly gay college football star, who was attending a university of tennessee basketball game when the crowd spotted him and he got a rousing reception. he is believed to become the first openly gay player when the draft is held in may. it got to feel good considering some of the backlash he's been getting. >> a well deserved standing o. >> strong on the field. he'll have to be even stronger. >> the man described as the

lochness monster, george zimmerman. >> it was a simple speeding ticket but nothing is simple when george zimmerman is involved. >> the expectation is he'll do it given. wh -- again. what do you make of that? >> i don't make anything of that. >> next, his wife called the police saying he was threatening her and her father with a gun. there are no charges. and this time zimmerman would call 911 to get his side of the story out. >> why are you calling? what happened? >> i just want everyone to know the truth. >> his girl friend would later drop the charges and lift the restraining order order against him. during our interview, she and

their young children wouldn't leave his side. >> what did you want the attention to be about, why are you putting these paintings out? >> to be honest, i was hoping to provide a decent lifestyle for my family. >> zimmerman's first painting sold for more than $100,000 and the next painting was priceless for a different reason. >> angela cory painting, provocative, i have this much belief in the justice system. you knew that was going to be provocative. why do it? >> it was a creative, tangible form to show my inner thoughts, my inner feelings. >> negative towards angela cory. >> oh, of course. it provided a tremendous release for me. >> and then there was the fight, a man whose defense at trial was

not a prize fighter, willing to take on all comers for charity. >> the idea of you fighting, the image is bad, let alone that it might be like a black rapper, dmx, just the racial overtones were so horrible. what were you thinking there? >> when i signed on, it was never going to be a black rapper, white rapper, asian, hispanic wrapper, anything like that. it was going to be an unknown person, a smaller event. >> the whole theory of this event was trayvon -- do you understand how there was a contradiction there for people. >> yes. and that fraction of people who said that are the small percentage don't realize that a boxing match with a referee in

controlled conditions are significantly different than being mounted as the witness stated ground and ponded. if i went out there and got up, the charity was still getting paid. i don't want to get beat up but i saw it as an opportunity. i never expected it to turn out the way it did. >> george zimmerman seems to feel that way about a lot of things, for example, becoming the face of white/black tensions in america. >> i felt like two-thirds of my upbringing was the peruvian. i have black people in my family. it shocking based off my last name people would make that presumption. >> though he's at the center of the debate about self-defense law, he has little to say about them. >> because of what you're gone through and what your case was about, do you have feelings about the self-defense system

and where the line should be and what's right and what's wrong, do you have feelings about that? >> i'm not well versed enough to tell you. i wouldn't be able to draw a solidified conclusion and i don't want to do what others have done, speak without examining information and facts. i do support our self-defense rights. i guess i should have prefaced this interview by letting you know i don't watch news anymore, i watch comedy shows, home improvement shows. i'm not well enough informed to give you exacts. >> how about advocating for the stand your ground laws that many identify with him? are you comfortable being the face of stand your ground? >> i'm not comfortable being the face of anything to be honest with you. >> it's what zimmerman wants to

be the face of going forward that may be the most confounding. justice. >> what do you want to do with your life? >> good. i'd like to professionally be -- continue my education and hopefully become an attorney. i think that's the best way to stop the miscarriage of justice that happened to me from happening to somebody else. i don't think it should happen to anyone ever again, not one person. >> what was the miscarriage of justice? >> the fact that two law enforcement entities stated that i had acted within the laws of our nation in self-defense. >> you don't think it was about the law? >> i know it wasn't, yes. >> and what does that make you? >> like a scapegoat. >> a scapegoat for? >> the government. the president. the attorney general. >> they would be scapegoating you why? just to show that they're taking a position on something that matters to a lot of people? >> i don't know what they're

thinking or why they're thinking it. all i know is that they're doing it. i don't know what agenda they have. >> the case is over but the judgment continues. george zimmerman may have won his freedom but he'll probably never be truly free. >> i have a lot of people say they guarantee they're going to kill me and i'll never be a free man. i've realized they don't know me. a lot of people who sit down with me and my family, they get a different perspective on me. >> when you're somebody and people look at you, what do you do? >> smile. >> how often do they smile back? >> 99% of the time. the 1% that don't are the most vocal percent, definitely the most threatening percent because they are very vocal about their displeasure. >> people are angry, george. they're angry.

the case wound up being seen as a metaphor for miscarriage of justice, blacks not receiving the same justice that whites do, their lives not mattering as much. this case became a metaphor for that, your face became the face of this guy gets away with killing a black kid. what do you do? >> hope i'm dispelling those, if it takes one person at a time, to to dispel that, that's what i'll do. >> i don't think -- the idea this is a guy with an agenda who worked the system, that's not what he is. he is really shallow when it comes to the law and all these issues that the rest of us are dealing with. and i think in a way it makes it even more important because this

-- it shows this wasn't about someone who could game the system, he really sees himself at doing what the law allows. >> he really sees himself as a victim. there are people yelling at the tv what about trayvon as a victim? >> that's the problem. there was a trial that many people never think should have reached the trial. the laws there are real problems. the laws there allow a low bar for self-defense and you're going to continue to have these cases unless you change the laws and change the culture around

violence. >> why when people feel threatened do they reach for a gun? >> we're going to continue that discussion. >> a lot of people are split. they say don't interview george zimmerman, he doesn't deserve the platform. a lot of other people are saying you want to throw him under the bus because you want to run away from minorities, you want to run away from the law. the country is confused. we had a decision in this case, the decision is not respected. you have to address it and the court can't fix it. what do you think? i'm sure you're already letting me know. too important not to have the conversation. >> keep it civil. >> let's start with having the conversation. where it goes it goes. >> coming up, a new war is being waged in syria, just as john

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extremist atrocities from a group that even al qaeda has disowned. it's carried out by a group none as isis. i want to warn you, some of the issues in this report are very disturbing. >> reporter: this grave has been dug up before, the bodies unidentified, reburied in the same spot and video filmed at the time, gruesome images of the corpses of four money. it's among many mass graves rebel fighters unearthed. now weeks later a family hopes foreclosure. we found a foot and a shoe and a jacket, she says.

she's with her neighbor. it's his two young are brothers that are missing. one might be here. he just went out to get tomatoes and sugar, mohamed recalls, still disbelieving. and his wife wand socks for their kids. it's the same jacket, mohamed says. the site is next to a former prison run by isis, the islamic state in iraq and syria, its walls lined with bullet holes, some from clashes. others, we are told, from executio executions. masked isis used fear to rule. anyone caught filming them, killed. this is the main isis check point and as part of their terror tactics, eyewitnesses were telling us they would leave some of the bodies of people they'd executed lining the check point so that every single car

coming through would be forced to slow down and could not ignore that brutal message. asis is so merciless that even al qaeda has reportedly distanced itself from it. he is telling us that isis had beheaded one of the main key rebel commanders here. they came in in the early morning when the market was really busy and placed his head on top of the garbage heap that was in that very same spot and they turned around and told everybody that would be the fate of anyone who dared speak out against them. their harsh intolerable rule caused other islamist groups to an offense against them earlier this year. so we had the leave the fronts, this man says, and fall back to

fight isis to liberate the already liberated areas another time. but isis still looms large in syria, consolidated its forces, imposing its reign of terror. in this video filmed the day after he met mohamed, he realizes it's not two but three of his brothers murdered by i isis. he thought one of them was in jail. >> so difficult to watch. let's bring in arwa damon live from beirut. your report brings into sharp focus how difficult the question is of a solution in syria, how difficult that question is now. how many fighters do you know in your best estimate, how many isis fighters are there in the country? what are they dealing with in terms of this threat? >> reporter: well, the estimates do vary, kate, between 7,000 and 11,000.

so they're not the largest group that exists in syria, but they are the hardline. many of them are not syrians and have experienced fighting, there are europeans, even americans, so great concerns not just about the chaos but that he's harded, jihadi idealogues could go back and bring this to the united states. >> arwa, your reporting amazing as always. it's great to see you. let's take another break. coming up next on "new day," president obama is a big fan of his hometown chicago bulls of

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welcome back. in a wide-ranging exclusive interview with charles barkley, president obama touched on everything from health care to michael sam and the praise for revealing he's gay before the nfl draft. the president compared lebron james to michael jordan saying even though michael will always be his guy, he said he thinks lebron has what it takes to be a legend in his own right. >> you know lebron, i know lebron. when you're standing next to him and then you watch him close up,

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good morning. welcome back to "new day." it's monday, february 17th,:00 in the east. we'll start with our new blast, the most news you can get anywhere. let's go. >> i will declare that mistried. >> following the verdict, anger and disappointment. >> he must be remorseful for killing my son. >> another snow blast heading toward new england. >> it's snow on steroids. >> it's shameful. >> the victim is trayvon martin. you know that. >> no, i certainly was a victim when i was having my head bashed into the concrete. >> we do begin with breakings n

news this morning, an ethiopian airliner hijacked by the co-pilot with nearly 200 people aboard. rene marsh has the latest. >> reporter: police tell cnn while in flight the pilot left the cockpit to use the rest room. that's when the co-pilot locked the protected door and hijacked the plane early this morning. the hijacker in his 30s is from ethiopia. investigators said he hijacked the plane because he feels threatened in his country and wants asylum in switzerland. at one point they were just hovering and the hijacker asked if he would get permission for asylum. as if the situation wasn't dramatic enough, when the plane finally landed, the hijacker used a rope to escape through a cockpit window before surrendering to police. we should tell you 202 passengers on board, police say

they were never threatened. they say they were all safe. the security scare, though, temporarily shut down geneva international airport. it has since reopened. >> venezuela's president has accused three american diplomats of conspiring against the government there. we have the details. we'll get to that report a little later in the show. >> now to the partial verdict in the loud music murder trial. a hung jury was unable to convict michael dunn for killing teen-ager jordan davis. he was, however, convicted on four counts, three of them attempted murder for the other boys in the car, once simply for

shooting something that could be deadly. he's facing as many as 60 years in prison and prosecutors are already calling for a retrial on that one charge. let's get the latest. >> reporter: angela cory says she intends to retry michael dunn on that first degree murder charge. the jury deliberated about 30 hours. david dunn is on trial for the shooting that killed 17-year-old jordan davis. the attempted murder charges were for each of the three friends with davis the night of the shooting. this conviction means dunn will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars but his attorney says he is planning to file an appeal. the davis family says they will continue to stand and wait for justice for jordan. kate? >> thank you very much, alina. >> this just in, iran's supreme

leader expressing a lack of confidence in the nuclear program. he thinks the talks will go nowhere. talks are scheduled to resume in geneva tomorrow. >> 14 dead and more are injured after an explosion on a tourist bus in egypt. they were on their way to israel after visiting the pyramids in sinai. >> 19-year-old miranda barber not on confessing she and her husband murdered a man they met on craigslist but telling a local newspaper she's killed many more around the country. how many? she can't say claiming she stopped counting at 22. she said it started after she joined a satanic cult at age 13.

>> a small plane vanished after taking off from colorado. the plane has been found and three were killed in the crash. >> rescuers risked traveling another avalanche while tracking the rescue beakons on skiers. two skiers died. >> and authorities in kentucky say jamie coots refused medical treatment and died in his own home. he and members of his church believe a passage in his bible

believe poisonous snake bites won't harm believers. >> kickstart was hand. it allows people to raise donations for products and inventions and the site advises people to change their password. >> more snow and more headaches from minnesota to maine. indra petersons is here with more. what's up? >> potentially an inch an hour of snowfall falling. when all is said and done, 4 to 6 inches from minneapolis, pittsburgh looking for 2 to 5 inches and 1 to 3 inches making its way through new york city and boston, still recovering

from the storm just this weekend. on the back side potentially rain. why? we're talking about a huge weather pattern change. this is going to be lifting to the north, warm air moving in. 10 to 15 below normal changing to 10 to 15 above normal by wednesday. >> scientists say nearly 90% of the great lakes are covered with ice because the cold has been so intense and hasn't let up. it's been 20 years since the lake has been frozen. the up side, less lake effect snow because there's less for the cold air to swoop up. >> and chelsea clinton says it's

especially important to focus on i don't think gays and lesbians who are most vulnerable to abuse and rejection. >> and there is still hope for you folks y. you still have a chance to get your hand on $400 million. with no powerball winner over the weekend, the prize will be one of the largest. the next prize set for wednesday, the fourth biggest jackpot and sixth highest lottery prize of all time. >> the votes are in when it comes to top first ladies of all time, michelle obama edges out hillary clinton. siena college polled offer 240 historians, scholars and political scientists. but there could only be one number one, eleanor roosevelt, followed by abigail adams, jacqueline kennedy and dolly madison. >> secretary of state john kerry blaming the syrian government

for another round of stalls in peace talks. kerry said the u.s. is reviewing its policy on the civil war and coming under bitter attack by john mccain. he called current u.s. policy there an abysmal failure and shameful. brianna keilar is live at the white house. how is the white house reacting today to that? >> reporter: he's certainly more hawkish when it comes to foreign policy and he said the foreign policy is disgraceful. i think this is what's expected from the white house, but this is senator mccain really putting pressure on the president at really a key time as he does consider somme other options. we heard from secretary of state john kerry he wants to go back and republic visit and see what he can do as this conflict really just appears to have no end. it appears to be getting worse and certainly the civilian toll

is just overwhelming at this point. so what exactly is senator mccain talking about? he's pressing president obama really to kind of revisit some of the things in the past that he has said he's not going to do. remember it was this fall ultimately where president obama decided there would not be u.s.-led air strikes. for his part, mccain says he wants to change the balance of power on the ground. he's talking about something far short of iraq, so not clear specifics there. but what you're really seeing there is intense concern and frustration, be it from senator mccain, as well president obama, as this conflict really comes to an end in its third year. >> thanks so much for that. let's take a look at what's in the papers this morning, starting with the "los angeles times." companies behind generic drugs are fighting a proposal that would require them to warn patients of all health care ris bein -- risks, arguing it would

cause confusion and raise costs. in the "new york times," questions between global warming links to droughts. they argue there is no scientific consensus yet that it is a worldwide phenomenon and there is no definitive evidence that global warming is caution the most recent drought problems happening in california. >> and in "usa today," a story about how the irs is struggling and house of representatives that could affect you. budget cuts says it will mean fewer to help taxpayers. >> and in a few hours, charlie white and meryl davis will

attempt to win gold. they are on top with just the free dance remaining today. >> and the reporter who interviewed bode miller has fueled social media outrage. some say she went too far after bringing miller to tears when asking about the death of his younger brother. >> reporter: we see you there and it just looks like you're talking to somebody. what's going on there? >> bode miller has since responded on miller saying his emotions were very raw and it is not at all her fault. >> and quite the wardrobe malfunction after trying on his race suit. officials had to scramble to get

him a new suit. the caption should read "it should be me." >> the spoiler alert is to give you an olympic update. today heavy fog, the weather again part of the story. heavy fog delaying some medal events in sochi, adding to the list of weather-related challenges to the games. let get back to rachel nichols live in sochi with more on the olympics. >> at the men's snowboard cross, they put up a bunch of giant fog on the hills to chase the fog away. as most of us know, giant fans do not chase the fog away. they had to postpone the biathlon where they shoot at targets and ski. you don't want to shoot at targets you can't see.

as you remember, these weather issues, the fog, the mushy soft snow, the warmer temperatures has caused more problems than just the joking. we've seen a rise in some of the injuries around here. a russian skier the other day broke her back. we had an athlete with a broken jaw, several head injuries, several athletes knocked unconscious as they've tried to perform certain junks and tricks and they've lost their edge on the mushy snow. lindsey jake on ellis said it was like landing in marked potatoes when she fell and that's what cost her a chance to medal. definitely a rising amount of controversy at these games and a lot of chatter among the athletes who, frankly, don't want to get hurt but want to be giving a fair chance to medal. >> landing in marked potatoes is not something we look forward to. >> and the medal count, the netherlands on top with 17, host

country russia, team usa and norway follow in the top five. >> jimmy fallon taking the reins as host of "the tonight show." he has some big shoes to fill. jay leno was number one for nearly all of his 22-year reason. >> if some of your friends have been radio silent, it may be because they're bing watching "house of cards." that could account for their missing in action. and actress el edge page revealing she's gay. she said she suffered for years because she feared would find

out about her sexual orientation. >> and a big night in london. the british academy gave its biggest prize to "12 years a slave," which won best picture. "gravity," meanwhile took home the most awards, winning six, including one for best british film and one for its director. the two films are the top oscar contenders for best picture. a lot of people are watching what's going on in europe, it might be an idea of what oscar will do. >> i'm getting dizzy. i do want to see it, i'll just need to take some vertigo medication. >> watch it spinning around. >> and we'll bring you an exclusive look at a group in syria you haven't seen before,

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called america's handling of the syrian civil war abysmal and shameful. 5,000 people have died in just three weeks. syrian radicals have provided cnn with a disturbing collection of videos of interrogations and even executions. this extremist group called isis has been disowned by al qaeda because of their brutality. an important warning for you in the morning, some of these images are quite graphic. ben joins us with this very important report. >> reporter: kate, this video is disturbing on many levels. it gives an indication of who may be gaining the upper hand in parts of northern syria. a voice off camera asks "how old

are you?" i was born in 1980. are you married? yes, i have two children. do you want to see them again? yes, i do, i have nothing to hide. a man who is a doctor pauses. are you cooking up lies? this is an interrogation, interrogating speaking with distinct iraqi accents and ask questions about goings on in a town northeast of aleppo. it's clear the interrogators are not with the regime of president bashar al assad but rather with isis. it's not clear what happened to these men but another chilling video we'll show you later may be a clue. early last year isis emerged as a major power in

opposition-controlled areas of northern syria. since then the ultra extremist group has imposed strict islamic law, held public floggings and executions and recently battled other execution groups in fighting that has led well over 2,000 dead. even al qaeda's leader has demanded isis leave syria. missing in the interrogations is any mention of the assad regime. the only concern is the challenge posed by other opposition factions and local populists to isis. who is erasing the slogan and symbols of isis on the walls, asks the interrogators. >> i swear i don't know, answers the witness. another question, what are they saying about the islamic state? say the state, save yourself.

i'll speak the truth, even if i lose my head, says this man. all of clips found in the residence of this man. activists describe him as an isis amir, a commander and intelligence officer. they found the abandoned video after he fled fighting and other factions. some show a young woman with him, trying her hand at an a.k.-47 assault rifle. "steady" he tells her. given that her face was uncovered, clearly it was for him and this unidentified woman a private moment. so what happened to the interrogated man? it's not clear from the videos but one of the last recordings documents in detail ruthless

isis style-justice, execution by flashlight. ready? asks a voice off camera. 14 men are shot off camera. some fall into the mass gave already dug. the new boss of this part of syria not unlike the old boss. it's important to note that isis has attracted members from europe and north america as well. the worry is they will come back from that war when and if it ever comes to an end with a dangerous set of new skills. >> thank you for telling us the story. it's disturbing to watch but also important. this is a big set of new decisions the united states

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welcome back to "new day." this brutal winter weather just won't let up, yet another storm is in the works. let's go to indra petersons tracking the forecast. first, not like everyone needs reminding because everyone has

felt it, but the snow totals are outrageous. >> it's horrific. already 50 inches of snow so far. new york city, you're in the top eighth snowiest year, philadelphia, the third snowiest and another storm is out there and good amounts here. 4 to 6 inches expected in minneapolis and chicago today. looks likes pittsburgh 2 to 5 inches and new york city and boston looking for more snow overnight tonight into the morning commute tomorrow but on the back side rain. that is key because rain means we're warming up. finally a huge shift in the weather pattern, warm air making its way in. we're going from 10 to 15 degrees below normal to finally temperatures 10 to 15 above normal. 70 on wednesday. finally hump day is a good day. >> exactly. >> let's look at your headlines

this hour. breaking overnight, an ethiopian airliner lands safely in switzerland after it was hijacked by its co-pilot. he commandeer'd the plane when the pilot went to the bathroom. >> and venezuela's president is accusing three diplomats of conspiring against his government. three anti-protesters died in clashes. >> this morning for the first time in months protesters are out of city hall in kiev, ending their occupation in an amnesty deal that will clear them of all criminal charges in exchange for ending their protests. they've been on the streets since december, upset with the

ukraine president and his clo ties to russia. >> a pair of teen-age boys are in the hospital this morning after a science project set off an explosion in their home. a man said his son and a friend were working on rockets and used fuel to start a rocket in the fireplace. the boys were seriously injured, blew out windows and shot debris into their yard. >> 19 miles in the snow. that's how far two men walked to get help with their children after their suv got stuck in a snow bank in rural idaho. their story is amazing. take a look. a frantic mother looking out the window waiting to reunited with her dad and husband. search teams fanning out to find the families, their loved ones at home fearing the worst.

>> everyone pitched in, jumped in their vehicles and went out to search for them. >> the pair of dads and children forced to hike for hours in the snow, a total of 19 miles until they stumbled on a cabin where they called their family. >> with three kids, that's creepy. it's a monumental task. >> reporter: what do you think your first words will be? >> i'm so mad at you but i love you. >> what we're told from police, everybody is okay, just tired. i'm sure there were some very tense moments out there, for both the families waiting at home and the men with all those kids. >> 19 miles. unimaginable. >> big story this morning, the verdict in the michael dunn case. a jury did not convicted him for killing jordan davis but they found him guilty of attempted murder and a fourth count.

the verdict is raising new questions about the defense law in florida. let's break it down. we have senior legal analyst mark o'meara, and former federal prosecutor jeffrey tubin and on the how do we fix this side, democratic florida state representative alan williams. he's been calling for the repeal of stand your ground. representative, mr. o'mara, mr. toobin, great to have all three of you. jeffrey, break down two elements for us. first, somebody on this jury must have thought there was a gun. tell us why and what that means. and the findings of the jury about different volleys of gunfire and how that led them to their conclusion. >> okay. well, the heart of the case is that the prosecution proved to the satisfaction of the jury that the -- that dunn attempted to kill the other kids in the car but the jury couldn't reach a verdict on the actual death of

the child of course who died. and the question is how can you reach those differing conclusions? apparently -- we haven't had a full briefing from what went on in the jury room. apparently they did believe that dunn thought there was a gun, that dunn reasonably believed that there was a gun pointed at him, but they did not believe he had any right to keep shooting as the getaway car -- not getaway car -- as the victim's car pulled away. >> which is why i think it continues to be -- your explanation makes sense but it's still confusing on a very basic, logical level of how this all played out. mark, i want to get your take on what happened in the courtroom and get your take on what you think happened in the jury room because here's my question and you've written about this. i'm wondering at this point if we are asking juries to take on an impossible task, which is to determine if someone had fired a weapon out of fear or out of

anger and how a jury can determine if someone reasonably had a fear that they had their life threatened so then they could take on lethal force. is that an impossible as it fork -- task for a jury to take on? >> i think in close cases and with this jury it was an impossible task. if there had been a shotgun in the car, it would have been easier for the jury to say there was a shotgun, saw it, it was a reasonable fear. now we have to look into dunn's situation and what he was looking at as a reasonable p person or if it was the tripod of somebody else and dunn saw, the jury has to say did dunn look at it and say i'm in fear and make the shot at jordan. i think they were thinking between self-defense or second degree murder.

we know they came back with second degree murder for the other three. that was the conundrum. self-defense has been around since our brain steps started, it's just self-preservation. it's much more difficult to decide what's in a person's heart when they pull a trigger. >> but representative williams, the different ways we can design the laws to deal with self-defense, the charge is clear, florida has a law that makes it too easy to get away with murder. do you believe with that proposition and, if so, why don't you change the self-defense laws there? >> i agree with you. our heart goes on with ron and lucy in this tragedy. we made an attempt back in november, we put forth a repeal of the stand your ground laws. unfortunately the committee that it went before voted against it.

i will tell you the reason why we put it forth is because as you saw in sanford and as you saw now here in jacksonville, the law is ambiguous. law enforcement communities around the state have problems with applying it. you have state attorneys -- my state attorney here in tallahassee, florida is opposed to stand your ground. and so we have to do something different because if we continue to show the world that florida is not safe for young boys or individuals in movie theaters or wherever the case may be, they're going to be confused as to really what the law really does for the common person. and at the end of the day, stand your ground was a law that was really a law in search of -- a solution in search of a problem. as mark said, this law has been around since the beginning of time as far as self-defense.

so we have to go back and revisit that. >> representative, let me have jeffrey pick up on that point. self-defense laws can be designed in many ways. the castle doctrine -- >> let's keep it clear. the stand your ground laws is part of a series of laws that republicans pushed after the 2010 elections. this is a political disagreement. stand your ground is something that the gun lobby has pushed because they want it to be easier to use a gun in self-defense. so it's not that this is some abstract discussion about what the best law might be. there is a difference between what democrats and what republicans want on stand your ground. this is a political issue, it's not purely a legal issue. >> mark, jump into this as well. do you think if the stand your ground law specifically was not there, it would change the outcome in this case? >> neither one of them, the dunn

case are absolutely not stand your ground cases whatsoever. nobody said zimmerman or gun had an opportunity to retreat, didn't do so and therefore properly used stand your ground. look, stand your ground is sort of the weird uncle of self-defense. it doesn't come out of the shadows very often, very few percentages of the cases use stand your ground. we have to be very careful not to allow the action and passion that comes along with verdicts like this to be concerning self-defense. more than half the states have this stand your ground. i have said we wanted to be careful with a suggestion to now 100 million americans that they think they can stand their ground and use force without reasonable fear. that's the focus. if dunn was in reasonable fear, he's allowed to use deadly force. if zimmerman was, anybody was, they're allowed to use deadly force under any state's law. we can't throw the baby out with the bath water so to speak and say because florida is stand

your ground state, every case that happens in florida is up for review. it's not true. these are traditional stand your ground cases. >> mark, i have to disagree. >> i'm sorry. >> we may not be throwing the baby out with the bath water, but we're definitely throwing the teen-ager out. i think we do have to be concerned, right? and although the self-defense was not -- stand your ground was not used in the zimmerman case, it was used when the police had confusion as far as how to arrest him. it was used when the judge applied him in the jury instructions. and so as my colleague, former state senator dan gelberg, who was a legal expert here in florida stated many months ago that these jury instructions that include the stand your ground defense confuse juries. so if they're confusing juries, if they're confusing law enforcement communities, if they're leaving a lot of disbelief and untrust in the

citizens of florida and around the country, we must do something about it. >> representatives, let's take a break really quick. we're going to continue this discussion on the other side of the break. we're going to continue this discussion right when we come back. and a lot of talk about the olympic games, which was bob costas' eye watch and we'll tell what you you need to know about what he was dealing with. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we didn't get into business to spend time managing receipts, that's why we have ink. we like being in business because we like being creative, we like interacting with people. so you have time to focus on the things you love. ink from chase. so you can.

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from florida. yes, you have self-defense law but there are two bigger concerns. one, someone on this jury decided to believe it was possible that four black kids in a car would have had a gun, even though there were no evidence presented to them that there was a gun in the car. that goes to a cultural pr presumption. second, as a country, we seem to be more comfortable using violence at the smallest threat. what do you think about those issues? >> we have a culture that goes to violence when you feel a threat. it's not argue about it, it's take out a 9 millimeter and start shooting. we're killing people left and right with our weapons. i have guns, i understand the second amendment, but i don't

think the founding fathers thought we should have a militia to start using 9 millimeters in kindergart kindergarten, in theaters or in a car that can drive away. and as to the race issue, look, there is no denial. you can't ignore the fact that we put young black males in the system sat a higher percentage than their population. some of it we can blame young black males for that they put themselves in criminal situations a bit more but you can't deny the systemic prejudices against young black males because here's a perfect example, dunn looked at this and said i probably have reason to fear here and the first moment it was realized, was it the loud tripod that he reacted to, r the whether he would have if they were not black.

>> and you're on the ground floor of that. you've been trying to make efforts to get stand your ground repealed in this state and your efforts haven't worked to this point so what more can you do? >> you're right, kate. we've been working hard at it and we're going to continue to work hard at this and continue to get the law repealed and start over. we feel like folks should have a right to a second amendment but also feel people should have the right to a safe community and safe neighborhoods. john mccain in arizona said that stand your ground laws should be repealed. so from a political standpoint, we stand that there is a lot of work that needs to be done. senator chris smith here in florida is working on a law -- a bill that should hopefully amendment it. if we can't repeal it, we need to repair it. at the end of the day both jordan and trayvon, both 19 years old, this would have been

their first election to vote in in november. we need folks to come out and if they're going to vote, vote for themselves but also vote for jordan and trayvon, who can't be here to vote for themselves. >> jeff, what's your final world? >> jordan was killed because he was black and i think that's just a horrible thing to think about in 2014. you know, i don't think -- you can talk about the legal aspects of it and they are obviously very important, but this is a kid who was killed entirely because of his race and that's a -- just a depressing, upsetting thing to think about in 2014. >> you got to ask what went on in that jury room that they were able to be deadlocked on the issue of whether or not there was a gun in that car with no evidence offered that there was one there. it's all about the speculation that they could have gotten rid of one and maybe there was one and obviously someone had to buy it. >> and what do you presume about a car full of four black kids.

>> all right. thank you very much, gentlemen. appreciate the conversation. it must continue. all of you at home, you know the hashtag, new day. we'll take a break here. when we come back, bob costas is getting set to return to the broadcast booth with olympics. what was the deal with the eye thing he had working there? was it a disease, was it an infection? we'll have a doctor in the house to make sure we can all avoid this fate. o'mar . . .

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bob caostas will hurricane katrina to his olympic hosting duty as tonight. first time costas didn't anchor the primetime coverage of the olympics since 1988. let's talk about it. doctor, great to see you. >> good to see you too. >> of course, we've all dealt with pink eye in one way or another throughout our lives but poor bob costas he seems to have a particularly nasty case of it. did it surprise you or surprise anyone how many days off he was forced to take because of it? >> no, it really doesn't surprise me at all. you know, we talk about pink eye, we're talking about an irstage on the nould of the eyelid and the white of the eyes and that's why the eye turns pink because it's irritated. remember there's a few different causes. the main cause of pink eye is viruses bacteria.

also allergies. but there's other causes such as fumes and ordors. >> you haven't treated bob costas. what district attorney you make of his symptoms? >> right. well the symptoms can be very hard for patients. it's something i treat in my office all the time and i'm telling you a lot of people with pink eye are very uncomfortable. sometimes the eye can get swollen. there's tearing of the eye as well. sometimes light sensitivity. a symptom that a lot of people say infectious, complain of waking up in the morning and their eye is sealed shut because of the mucous and discharge. so those symptoms can be troublesome and can be hard to work with and something to take note of. >> so contagious, that's the

other thing that scares people so much. what do folks need to know? >> right. the infectious causes of pink eye absolutely can be terribly contagious, can spread like wildfire. people say how do i prevent pink eye. truth of the matter infectious types of pink eye are caused by viruses and bacteria and things that cause the common cold. so do the same things that you prevent colds and flus to also protect yourself against pink eye. wash your hands with soap and water. avoid sharing towels. and if you're sick, if you got pink eye one thing that bob costas did was to take time off. you don't want to expose other people if it's infectious. >> keep your hands out of your eyes which seems probably impossible when you're dealing with what he was dealing with. doctor, great to see you. thank you so much.

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away with murder. speaking out. george zimmerman sits down with "new day". what he says he'll do differently the night he killed trayvon martin and what he says about his recent run ins with the laws and the infamous painting. a woman admits to killing a man who she met on craigslist with her husband. she said she murdered 22 other people. she a serial killer? your "new day" continues right now. good morning and welcome back to "new day". it's monday, february 17th, 8:00 in the east. up first a partial victory in the loud music trial. this morning prosecutors are promising to retry defendant michael dunn after the jury failed to reach a verdict on the first degree murder charge. dunn was found guilty of second-degree attempted murder in a shooting that left teenager

jordan davis dead. let's bring in alina. >> reporter: things remain calm here in jacksonville. this jury deliberated for 30 hours and came back with a partial verdict. now both sides are planning their next move. >> mr. dunn, your having been convicted of counts ii, iii and iv by a jury. >> reporter: michael dunn of three counts much second-degree attempted murder in the 2012 shooting that killed jordan davis a guilty verdict for each of davis' friends who were with him that night but on the charge related to the 17-year-old's death the jury could not agree. >> based on the jury's inability to reach a verdict as to count i i would declare that mistried. >> reporter: following the verdict outrange disappointment outside of the courthouse. legal experts say the jury's initial request during deliberations to see the surveillance video where you

could hear the gunfire the night of the shooting may provide insight into how jurors were struggling over the murder charge. the logic may be that they thought he did shoot potentially in self-defense and that there was a gap when he could have left the scene and then he shot den as the truck was getting away. maybe they thought that was the attempted on the other occupants of the vehicle. another possibility the jury may have disagreed on whether dunn is guilty of first degree murder. >> we don't want a lesser included offense. >> it's all or nothing. >> reporter: that's what he said. the conviction on the other counts means the 47-year-old will spend the rest of his life in prison. >> he will learn he must be remorseful for the killing of my son. >> reporter: dunn could face another trial on the murder charge. davis' mother says their fight is not over. >> we'll continue to stand and we will continue to wait for

justice for jordan. 0. >> reporter: angela cory says she plans to recharge dunn. dunn's attorney says they intend to file an appeal. shocking claims from a pennsylvania woman charged with killing a man she met on craigslist. 19-year-old miranda barbour admitted she and her husband murdered the man. but now she says she's killed before. susan candiotti joins us with the latest. >> reporter: female serial killers are rare. what about this teenager's claims? based on what police know so far a law enforcement soushs tells cnn consider could be the real deal. a stunning new development in the case of accused killer miranda barbour. barbour and her new lew wed husband are charged with alluring a man to a meeting using craigslist then stack and

strangling him just for the thrill of it in pennsylvania. she claims to be a serial killer with so many victims she can't remember them all. when i hit 22 i stopped counting she told the newspaper in pennsylvania. she said she went on her alleged killing spree in alaska, texas, california, and north carolina. do police believe her? >> i don't want to discount her credibility at this point. we're taking her claims seriously. and we are liaisoning with different state and federal authorities determine whether or not there is validity to her statements. >> reporter: the newspaper quotes barbour admitting to the craigslist murder and 22 plus others. i feel it is time to get all of this out, i don't care if people believe me, i just want to get it out, she told the newspaper. police told cnn their investigation is ongoing. >> we have exhausted every

avenue, every lead. we have devoted thousands of man hours to this. >> reporter: according to the paper barbour says she was 13 when a satanic cult leader forced her to help shoot a man who owed him money opinion she went on killing. barbour's lawyer tells cnn he had no advance warning about the jailhouse interview and would not have okayed it. whether he'll allow investigators to get more details from barbour with her currents murder trial pend cigarette up in the air. also this morning secretary of state john kerry is calling out the syrian government blaming it for the dead lock in a second round of peace talks. this as senator john mccain lashes out at the white house calling u.s. policy there disgraceful. now cnn has an exclusive firsthand look at a group of radicals even al qaeda has rejected for their brutal killings in syria. the faction has been in control

of hotly contested parts of the country. we should warn you many of these images you'll see in this report they are very disturbing. here's our report. >> reporter: this grave has been dug up before. the bodies are unidentified, reburied in the same spot. in video filmed at the time gruesome images of the corpses of four men. among many mass graves rebel fighters unearthed after they recaptured the town from radical fighters who once were their allies. now weeks late ear family hopes for closure. we found a foot and a shoe and a jacket she says. she's with her neighbor.

it's his two younger brothers that are missing. one might be here. he just went out to get tomatoes and sugar he recalls, still business believing. and his wife wanted socks for their kids. it's the same jacket mohamed said. the site is next to the site of isis. mass isis fighters used fear to rule. anyone caught filming them killed. this was the main isis checkpoint leading into aidana and as part of their terror tactics eyewitnesses told us they would leave some of the bodies they executed lining the checkpoints so that every single car coming through would be

forced to slow down and could not ignore that brutal message. isis is a group so mersiless that even al qaeda has distanced itself from it. we're being told that isis had beheaded one of the main key rebel commanders here and they came in the early morning when the market was really busy and placed his head on top of the garbage heap that was in that very same spot and they turned around and told everybody that that would be the fate of anyone who dared speak out against them. their harsh and intolerable rule to cause other islamist and moderate groups to launch an offense against them. we had to leave with the regime and fall back to fight isis to liberate the already liberated

areas another time. but isis still tools large in syria, consolidating its forces, imposing its rein of terror. in this video filmed the day after we met mohamed he realizes it's not two but three of his brothers that were murdered by isis. he thought one of them was in jail. >> so difficult to watch. we have more from beirut. difficult to watch but it is so important to have these stories told as you always do with your amazing reporting. from the atrocities that you saw while you were there do you get a sense of how big of a presence isis is in the country? >> reporter: well, the estimates do vary but they range from around seven to 11,000. they are not the largest group but certainly the most terrifying. they will stop at nothing to

accomplish their end goal and that's the creation of an islamic state and syria has become quite the magnet for these jihadi fighters, a lot of them are nonsyrian from the middle east, other arab nations. but there's also a good portion of them that are from countries in europe and that is a great concern to western intelligence agencies because should these battle hardened extreme ideologues we could see attacks take place in europe and the united states. >> and how difficult the solution or a resolution in that country really is but crystallizes the point how important it is to figure it out and get it right. thank you so much. chris? >> a reminder the conflict isn't just about then who may be fighting against each other but the families that are caught in the "crossfire," often children. take a look at this

heartbreaking image. a 4-year-old boy trying to escape from the syrian conflict. the story with the boy is that apparently he ran off into the jordanian desert when we encountered u.n. personnel. he's since been reunited with his family. some stories like this coming out of this conflict. 11 minutes after the hour. let's take a look at your other top stories. we've been following breaking news this morning. the co-pilot of an ethiopian jet is under arrest. he took controls and tried to land in switzerland. he was arrested a short time later, thankfully none of the 210 passengers on board were injured. >> three diplomatic officials from the united states kicked out of venezuela. the president accusing them of conspiring against his government.

these expulsions after the state department questioned the crack down on anti-government protesters. the bodies of two skiers were found after a weekend avalanche in colorado. a search-and-rescue team braved steep terrain and risked another avalanche. two have not been identified but were part of a group of seven who were caught in the rugged back country east of aspen. this morning the national geographic channel is offering condolences to the pastor who died from a snake bite. authorities say he was bitten during a service that he refused medical treatment and died later that night at his home. spoiler alert time to give the latest from the winter games. heavy fog has forced cancellation of two out door medal events this morning in sochi. men's biathlon and snowboarding will have to be made up another

day. they are threatening other events including freestyle skiing and ski jumping. don't want to do that in the fog. highly-anticipated ice dancing finale indoors, unaffected with americans meryl davis and charlie white look to hold on for gold. with no new medals awarded this morning here's a look at your medal count. the netherlands dominating with 17 overall. russia, the u.s., norway and canada all post behind. coming up on "new day" the michael dunn loud music trial has fueled this debate. we spoke with the man who is the face of the issue, george zimmerman. can he answer the big questions that remains about his own case. is he a calculated zealot or

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of justice is conducting a civil rights investigation so those are the types of questions because of the investigation i have to tread lightly on and i can't answer them. >> the department of justice isn't investigating any civil rights violations. zimmerman's reluctance seems to be more about legalities. >> do you regret that night? do you have regrets about it? >> certainly i think about that night. i think -- my life would be tremendously easier if i had stayed home. >> if you could go back you would stay home that night? >> certainly. in hindsight, absolutely. >> now as a point of clarification you said my life would be so much easier. when you say i wish i said home that might your thinking about you and also trayvon martin? >> certainly i think about him. i think about my family. all the families that have been put in any type of dangerous situation. so, yes, i think about everybody involved. >> safe to say if you can change

how that night came out, you both would be alive today? >> i think that's just a different way of rephrasing it. >> if you could go back dean it again you would have stayed home? >> i would have stayed home. >> both of you would still be alive today? >> that's a presumption i can't make. i could have gotten in a car accident when i left. >> you wouldn't have wound up killing trayvon martin if you had your way. >> he wouldn't have ended up attacking me either if i stayed home. >> his family, do you think about his family, is that true? >> certainly. >> people want to know that, right? coming out of this situation, they haven't heard you say i feel for his family. >> i appreciate the sunt. i would hope that they have seen that at the bond hearing i addressed that. >> it's different in court. >> sure. i was simply stating i did address it because another misconception is that i've never apologized, i never reached out

to the family. would i like to? certainly. >> what would you say? >> you know -- i would say exactly what i said on the stand. that i'm sorry for their loss. and just exactly what i said on the stand. >> thoughts about the victim, trayvon martin. the victim was trayvon martin, you know that. >> no, i certainly was a victim when i was having my head bashed into the concrete and windows broken. >> this zimmerman is sure. a strong case by a prosecution calling him a murderer. >> what do you want to say to people who believe that you went out that night as a vigilante

looking for trouble, found it and bailed yourself out. >> i don't focus on them. ideal with their hatred by loving my supporters more. >> when people would reach out to you for the wrong reasons, who are supportive of you for the wrong reasons because they like that a young black man had been killed, how did that make you feel that they saw you as somehow symbolically as representing them? >> equally as disgusted with them as i was with people that were threatening my family and saying negative things about me. >> it is through all that, listening the evidence and everyone's take on you and your actions and reactions did it make you doubt yourself? >> no. >> why not? >> god is ultimately the only judge that i have to answer to. he knows what happened. i know what happened. so i leave it up to him. >> a faith that keeps him in

florida despite a number of threats on his life. >> if people around you say george you got to go. >> i'll never leave this country and i'll leave my home when i want to leave my home. i know it sounds stubborn and ideological but i'll move when i want to. >> the word "haunted" often comes up in these situations. do you find yourself haunted by memories of that night? >> no. >> because? >> i don't know. >> george zimmerman is not haunted by taking a man's life. perhaps more surprising, zimmerman thought his life would stay the same. the feeling was that people would accept this, you know, i'm going to go through the trial, it is what is it, the outcome will be accepted and then i'll move on. >> i was hoping for that, yes. >> when did you realize you weren't going to get what you hoped for? >> i think it was the first speeding ticket when i made international news. >> of course speeding tickets

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being hijacked by the co-pilot. he's now arrested. president of versus vowing to expel three u.s. officials accusing them of conspiracy to overthrow his government. this follows violent clashes in caracas. we're about 90 minutes away from the big ice dancing finale in sochi. americans meryl davis and charlie white are favorites chasing the fold. two medal events were called off because of heavy fog in sochi. we always update those five things to know so always go to cnn.com for the latest. he's been described as the loch ness monday fer somebody who makes wave when ever he pops up. the man is george zimmerman. he said he's not is going away. the question is why? it was a simple speeding ticket but nothing is as smm when

george zimmerman is involved. the first of a string of return ins with police. that expectation it's a matter of time he'll do it again this is what he's about. what do you make of that kind of -- >> don't pay it any mind. >> next zimmerman's wife called 911 claiming he was threatening her and her father with a gun. there were no charges. their divorce is pending. then zimmerman's girlfriend accusing him of threatening her with a shotgun. this time zimmerman would call 911 to get his side of the story out. >> why are you calling? what happened? >> i just want everyone to know the truth. >> his girlfriend would later drop the charges and lift a restraining order. during our interview he and her young daughter wouldn't leave his side. >> you had to know the paintings would cause attention. >> absolutely. >> what dew point that attention

to be about? >> to be honest, i was hoping to be able to provide a decent lifestyle for my family. >> decent, indeed. zimmerman's first painting sold for more than $100,000. the next painting was priceless for a different reason. angela cory painting, provocative. i have this much belief in the justice image. you knew it was going to be provocative. why do it? >> it was a creative, tangible form to show my inner thoughts, my inner feelings. >> negative towards angela cory. >> of course. it provided tremendous release for me so, yes, it was worth it. >> and then there was the fight, a move as confusing as it was disturbing, the man whose defense at trial was an inability to hold off a teenager was now a prize fighter, willing to take on all comers for charity. >> the idea of you fighting, you know, is just -- the image is

bad let you a lone that it might be a black rapper like dmx, the racial overtones of it were so horrible. what were you thinking there? >> when i signed on it was never going to be a black rapper or white rapper, asian, hispanic rap ex anything like that. it was going to be an unknown person, a smaller event. >> the whole theory of this case is trayvon wound up beating this guy down and this was bad, he had the marks on the back of his head and now he wants to fight, he's a fighter. do you understand there's a contradiction there for people? >> yes. again that fraction of people that said that are a small percentage that don't realize that a boxing match with a referee and controlled conditions are significantly different than being mounted as the witness stated, grabbed and pounded. if i went out there and got beat up the charity would still get

paid. i don't want to get beat up but i saw it as an opportunity. i never expected it to be, to turn out the way indict. >> george zimmerman seems to feel that way about a lot of things. for example, becoming the face of white/black tensions in america. >> i actually had two full peruvians and one raising. i have peruvians and black people in my family. it was shocking to me simply based off my last. >> i'm people make that presumption. >> he's at the center of debate about self-defense laws he has little to say about them. because of what you've gone through and what your case was about, do you have feelings about self-defense and where the line should be and what's right and what's wrong? do you have thoughts about that? >> i am not well versed enough to tell you. i feel until i sit down and study the constitution, about

ten years worth of legal findings i wouldn't be able to draw a solidified contluclusioo. i do, however, support our second amendment right. >> you might think zimmerman would be riveted to the michael dunn trial given the comparison to his own situation. >> i should have preface this conversation i don't watch news. i watch comedy shows. home improvement shows. i'm not well enough informed to give you exacts. >> how about advocating for the stand your ground laws that many identify with him. are you comfortable being the face of stand your ground? >> i'm not comfortable with my face being connected to anything. >> it's what zimmerman wants to be the face going forward that's more confounding. justice. >> what do you want to do with your life? >> good. i would like to professionally

be, continue my education and hopefully become an attorney. i think that's the best way to stop the miscarriage of justice that happened to me from happening to somebody else. i don't think it should happen to anyone ever again, not one person. >> what was the miscarriage of justice? >> the fact that two law enforcement entities stated that i had acted within the laws of our nation in self-defense. >> you don't think it was about the law? >> i know it wasn't, yes. >> what does that make you >> a scapegoat. >> a scapegoat for? >> the government. the president. the attorney general. >> they would be scapegoating you why? just to show they are taking a position on something that matters to a lot of people. >> i don't know what they are thinking or why they are thinking it. all i know is they are doing it. i don't know what agenda they have. >> the case is over but the judgment continues.

george zimmerman may have won his freedom but probably never and truly be free. >> i have a lot of people saying that, you know, they guarantee they are going to kill me and i'll never be a free man. i realize they don't know me. the majority of people when they sit down with me one on one or with my family and i they get a completely different perspective on me. >> when you're somewhere and people recognize who you are recognize you what do you? >> smile. >> how often do they smile back? >> 99% of the time. there's 1% that don't is the most vocal percent. definitely the most threatening percent because they are very vocal about their displeasure. >> people are angry, george. they are angry. the case wound up being seen as a metaphor for miscarriage of justice. blacks not receiving the same justice as whites do. their lives not mattering as

much. this case became a metaphor for that, an example. your face became the face of a guy that gets away with killing a black kid. what do you do with that? >> hope i'm dispelling that, if it takes one person at a day at a time to help them realize that this is not what the case was about. that's what i'll do. we were talking about this throughout the morning as we watched this interview and we covered this trial and people watched the trial so closely. everyone has an impression of what they think george zimmerman is. you discuss it in the interview. after meeting him and spending quite a bit of time speaking with him and asking him these questions, did you leave with a different impression than you had going in? >> two observations. in the interview the silence when i asked him what he would say to family, the obvious reluctance to say that he wished he hadn't killed trayvon martin. that's because he is not sorry that he killed trayvon martin, he feels he had to. he says and he was victim.

that's where his head is. that's how he feels. it's uncomfortable to discuss that's where he is. what matters more is not what he thinks about the situation. what matters are these bigger issues and why is he relevant. why do you talk to him? you ask him these questions not to make him relevant to do just the opposite. when you listen to his answers he is what you hear here. he's unsophisticated on these matters. many believed he was calculated, knew how to game the system. i don't believe that. i believe george zimmerman is an important example when you have too low of a legal standard for self-defense. you get somebody who is unsophisticated and misjudges a situation and gets bailed out of a law that let's you get away with murder. zimmerman is relevant because he's the face of the problem. not because of why people usually think it they empower him. he knew. he worked it. it's an example of the bad guy getting by. it's something more dangerous. somebody who doesn't understand the situation is bailed out by

the law. >> it's interesting because you asked him right at the top most people would say no matter if you agree with the verdict or not the outcome if you asked them i wish that whole night have happened, i am haunted he's not. >> i'm pushing that why? one, because it's counter intuitive. two it's an insight into him. three for the need of healing. even if everything happened the way george zimmerman says it does how you do not regret taking the life of that person. >> at the end of the day somebody's life is loss. >> even if you needed to do it wouldn't you regret taking another's life. in this situation he has to know. he has to know that but for a chain of bad decisions by him he would have never been in that situation. that's why it's so from us straight. this was an acquittal under the system. people do not accept the verdict. that's a problem for us. michael dunn's verdict incomplete. why? because of the law. people don't accept it. there's no justice for a life being taken. these are problems that good beyond the courtroom. they are cultural questions.

they are political questions we have to deal with. we're killing each other so often and for bad reasons and it's not going to stop. >> being honest and having a civil discussion about it going forward -- >> it's not easy. >> it's not easy. how do you have a civil discussion when you feel you have been wrongd. >> at the end of the day two young men are dead. >> it's a discussion, we're having it here, it's even more important you have it. join in on, good, bad, anger, passion, whatever. bring it because that's what brings this moved. hash tag is "new day". >> prosecutors say that they plan to retry michael dunn for the first degree murder in that so-called loud music trial. what will be different this time around? we'll talk to hln's nancy grace about this.

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welcome back to "new day". the so-called loud music trial, we have our verdict. it was incomplete. there was no verdict yet on the death of jordan davis but the prosecutor says they will retry the case for the young man's death. so the jury dead locked on whether dunn murdered

17-year-old jordan davis. company still, however, face 60 years in prison because of the multiple counts of attempted murder and the other charge that he was convicted of. the case, of course, has sparked debate that goes way beyond the courtroom. it's about race, about prejudice and about florida's self-defense law more than anything else and comparison's to george zimmerman's acquittal seven months ago. let's discuss these issues. we have hln's nancy grace. thank you for joining this conversation. let's start with the specific with this actual verdict. can you make sense of it? >> well, i really wrestled with it and i think i can make sense of it. that doesn't mean i agree with it. what i think happened is this. i think that even though we don't believe there's a self-defense theory here, i don't believe there was a gun there, i don't think jordan davis or any of his friends had a gun, i think that they were four kids going out to the mall

to try to meet girls. they were talking about what cologne they were going to wear. they were not interested in gun play. maybe some of the jurors maybe one of them thought even though it doesn't make sense to us did he think he was defending himself against jordan davis. if they believe that, then i could understand how they came back hung on count i which dealt specifically with jordan davis, but as to the other three young boys in that car, absolutely no self-defense. again, i don't agree with it but i'm trying to understand it and make sense of it. now what is dunn looking at? he's actually looking at over 90 years behind bars. this is why. the charges carry a penalty of 20 to 30 on each of those three attempted murder twos. in florida, you probably already know this there's a statue that says they have to run

consecutive, 30, 30, 30 or 20, 20, 20 plus firing into a car. this is a life sentence for him. i still want a murder trial on jordan davis. as a crime victim myself i wouldn't want to go to my grave saying my son's case never had a verdict. right or wrong, guilty or not guilty i want a verdict. that's the way i look at it. >> you have to have it. i thought the father was very eloquent and the mother as well he certainly didn't get away with it. this is another situation like george zimmerman for family of that victim. however there's still no resolution on the message that unfortunate be sent about the valve life. hopefully angela cory rethinks her strategy. we'll see what happens. we want fairness to prevail. let me ask you this, on the issue of the gun one of two things has to the rubble for this jury or whoever dead locked it which is one, they believe that a car full of black kids was likely to have a gun with them and i wonder if they thought that if it was a car

full much white kids or someone believed michael dunn wouldn't have done that if his life wasn't in fair. someone must believe one or both of those suppositions. >> that could be true. the fact that they came back on guilty against, with the other three victims, means that they knew that he was not exercising self-defense against those three victims. come on, bottom line in his police interview he says he may have even imagined the gun. the fact that there was no gun, you know, that just goes without saying there was no gun. police said it, crime tech said it, witnesses said it, boys in the car said it, the fiancee gets in the car -- when i was a prosecutor i had a gun pulled on me and my investigator. he dove off the front porch of the apartment complex when i saw the barrel. the first thing i said was that

guy pulled a gun on us. when she got in the car after getting more booze he never said those kids pulled a gun on me. >> and everything that happened afterwards, not calling 911. look the jury you got to give them credit they were sophisticated to come up with attempted murder, that showed a lot of thought and dedication. let's get to the main issue. this happened because this law is a tough law, this florida self-defense law, forget about stand your ground. i want creates too low a bar for self-defense in my opinion. do you see this case as being a reflection of the need for change where someone, again, makes bad assumptions and gets bailed out by the law just like in the george zimmerman case? >> well, the reality is in self-defense it's subjective, it's what the defendant thought. did they feel they were being threatened. now, to me this is just as absurd as me saying well i thought you were going to shoot me through the camera so i shot

you back. that doesn't make sense just like in this case. i think it's more a matter of the way the evidence is presented. and the way you strike your jury. if you get one nut on a jury you can have a greatest laws in the world and still get a bad verdict. again, this jury worked like mad. >> they worked hard. >> freeze warningly, i'm grateful they came back on anything unlike zimmerman -- i mean how many times do i have to see this man trace a picture from ap and then sell it for $100,000 online. >> you have two cases here where guys made bad suppositoins but because of the law they both wind up with no acquittal until it gets retried. >> you know the law and the reality is you can only under all law including florida, you can only use as much force as is

necessary to defeat the attack. and here it's like if i slap you you can't shoot me with an uzi and that's what happened in this case. the florida law covers that. do i think it gives the defendant an advantage? yes, do i. an unfair advantage. >> i totally agree mancy grace. of course we can all watch you. >> thanks for inviting me. >> need your perspective. we can watch you on monday through friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on hln. >> up next on "new day" he's a silver medalist with a heart of gold. find out what one u.s. olympian is doing to help save the stray dogs of sochi. the good stuff is next. i quit smoking.

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♪ welcome back to "new day". it is time for the good stuff. you may have heard that there's a stray dog problem at the sochi olympics. there's been a lot of reporting about it and despite international outrage russian authorities have been euthanizing many of the dogs. now wuns ski certificate doing something about it. gus kenworthy is tweeting these pictures. he plans on taking four dogs home and inspiring others to do the same. rachel nichols is in sochi with much more on this heart warming story. >> reporter: yeah, kate. it might be five or six dogs now. gus has gotten a great response after he tweeted those photos. he took me up to the see the dogs. they have been living where he found them near the athlete's village under a tent and we played with the puppies and talked about how it's been for

him because he won an olympic medal part of that historic american sweep at the podium a couple of days ago. take a look. how much has your life changed since you stepped off that medal stand? >> i don't know if i know how much has changed. it's insane. a whirlwind of excitement. just so much going on. >> you tweet ad picture of you on a corn flakes box. >> we won and 12 hours later we were on a cereal box. huge dream come true. i feel like a lot of the biggest sports icons have been featured on cereal boxes. >> we want to see the dogs. can we go see the dogs? >> let's do it, for sure. >> you heard there were stray

dogs around here and you heard what they were doing. what was that like? >> i mean, it sucked for sure. i felt for the animals. they were roundsing them up and exterminating them and keep them out of the public view. i felt bad. i wasn't planning on come here and be some animal activist or spokesperson for humanity for the dogs or anything. this particular family just really kind of touched me and i just think they are so cute and that they need some help. i'm going to try to bring this family home. >> hi? you're okay. look. come here. >> you'll have to give this one a russian name. >> i don't know. i was thinking sochi or ka torch r, rosa, silver. >> silver is pretty good. are you going to show her your medal? does she like it?

now he's gotten friends and family back in colorado to agree to adopt each of the dogs that he's planning to bring home but that last one you sautin piece that's the one he's keeping. if you guys got any name suggestion he's still trying to figure it out. >> there's plenty of names. right? there's tl is to be. gold medal j.p. the >> goldie. >> call one of them nyet. that's what he'll be saying to those puppies, no, no. >> thank you so much. >> good. good to see a story coming out there was like that. >> most of them are only focused on winning their sport. he can pull off a silver medal but has time to save the dogs in sochi. >> good point. the latest on a plane hijacked by the co-pilot over europe. how he seized control and why ahead.

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